Suspensory



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H. w. McGAFFEY SUSPENSORY Filed Feb. 25. 1954 FIG.2

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HILDRED W. Mc GAFFEY BY MAW ATTORNEY United States Patent SUSPENSORY Hildred Warren McGalfey, White Plains, N. Y.

Application February 25, 1954, Serial No. 412,497

3 Claims. (Cl. 128158) The invention herein disclosed relates to suspensories, and the objects of the invention are to provide a support for such an article which will hold it in proper shape without restricting desirable freedom of movement and which will enable quick, easy separation and connection of the parts.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a device of the character indicated, of simple, practical, low cost construction, easily kept in clean, sanitary condition.

The foregoing and other desirable objects are attained by a novel construction and combination of parts including the provision of a horizontally extended pocket forming a body conforming, flexible pad along the upper edge of the pouch and a supporting bar insertable through openings in the lower end portions of such pocket and having a strap loop extension intermediate its ends insertable up through a slot in the upper edge of the pocket, such construction enabling the device to be suspended by a single flat strap and the pouch to be disconnected by simply slipping the supporting bar out of its guided position in the upper portion of the pocket.

Other novel features of the invention and other advan tageous results attained are set forth and will appear in the course of the following specification.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of the specification illustrates a present practical embodiment of the invention. Structure, however, may be modified and changed as regards the immediate showing, all Within the true intent and scope of the invention as herein after defined and claimed.

Fig. 1 in the drawing is a front elevation of the article;

Fig. 2 is a broken sectional view with parts appearing as on substantially the plane of the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The bag or pouch portion of the article, designated 5, may be of any usual or special construction.

To provide proper support which will hold the bag in shape, there is provided in the present invention a horizontally extended, flat, flexible pad having a pocket 6, stitched or otherwise secured horizontally at 7 across the upper edge of the pouch.

This pocket may be made up of flexible fabric folded material with the fold uppermost, as shown in Fig. 2, and the stitching 7 securing the edges of the material together over the front and back of the pouch.

The upper corners are shown stitched partway down at 8, leaving openings 9 at the ends in the lower corner portions through which the supporting bar may be inserted into position between the closed end corners portions at the top.

The supporting bar is designated 10. This may be a flat piece of thin plastic or other material of a size to pass through the open slots 9 in the lower end portions of the pocket, and of a length to fit within the closed end portions 'at the top of the pocket.

This supporting bar has an upwardly extended strapreceiving loop 11 at its intermediate portion which can be passed up through a slot 12 left in the intermediate upper edge of the pocket.

2,707,952 Patented May 10, 1955 An adjustable, flat, elastic suspension strap 13 is shown connected with the strap loop extension 11 of the supporting bar. This suspension strap is shown as having a supporting loop 14 at the upper end, engageable over a button or the like.

The supporting bar may be flexible to bend under pressure but it is stifi or rigid enough to hold the pocket fully distended and flat, thus to hang the pouch in proper shape.

The pouch is readily disconnectible by pushing the bar downwardly at an angle, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 1, and sliding it laterally through an open end portion of the pocket until in this angled relation it may be pulled up through the slot 12 in the upper edge of the pocket. The parts may be assembled in the reverse Way, using the strap loop extension 11 as a handle for pushing and shifting the bar into position.

The doubled-over pocket 6 is in the nature of a flexible pad along the upper edge of the pouch which will hold the pouch in shape and at the same time fit itself flat against the body of the wearer.

The device is light in weight and small in size and can be produced at low cost. The horizontally extended bar provides an easily operated, quick detachable connection and reinforces and supports the flexible parts in proper shape.

What is claimed is:

l. A suspensory having a horizontally extended, flexible pad along the upper edge of the same, said pad having a horizontally extending pocket along the upper edge portion of the pad, said pocket being open at opposite ends and provided with a centrally located slot in the upper edge of the same, a suspending strap, and a thin, flat, flexible bar in said pocket in a horizontally extending position and having an upwardly extended loop connected with said suspending strap and of a size to project up through said slot in the top of the pocket.

2. A suspensory having a horizontally extended, flexible pad along the upper edge of the same, said pad having a horizontally extending pocket along the upper edge portion of the pad, said pocket being open at opposite ends and provided with a centrally located slot in the upper edge of the same, a suspending strap, and a thin, flat, flexible bar in said pocket in a horizontally extending position and having an upwardly extended loop connected with said suspending strap and of a size to project up through said slot in the top of the pocket, the upper end corner portions of the pocket being closed to confine the ends of the supporting bar in the pocket and supporting means at the upper end of said strap.

3. A suspensory having a horizontally extended flexible pad along the upper edge of the same, said pad having a pocket extending horizontally within the upper edge portion and open to opposite ends of the pad, a suspending strap having supporting means at the upper end of the same and a thin, flat, flexible, horizontally extending bar removably engaged in supporting relation in said pocket, said bar having a projection at the upper edge and intermediate the ends of the bar connected with the lower end of said strap and whereby said parts combine to form a single unitary assembled article which may be supported in close-fitting body engagement.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,493,028 Fritsch May 6, 1924 2,293,998 Norwood Aug. 25, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS 272,811 Germany Apr. 9, 1914 

